James Fox

Actor May 19 (age 86) London, England, UK 1950–2021 (71 year career)

6.2 avg rating

Biography

William Fox (born 19 May 1939), known professionally as James Fox, is an English actor. He appeared in several notable films of the 1960s and early 1970s, including King Rat, The Servant, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Performance, before quitting the screen for several years to be an evangelical Christian. He has since appeared in a wide range of film and television productions.

Known For

Film

Sherlock Holmes

Sir Thomas Rotheram

Film

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Mr. Salt

Film

The Remains of the Day

Lord Darlington

Film

Patriot Games

Lord William Holmes

Film

Sexy Beast

Harry

Film

The Double

The Colonel

Film

The Servant

Tony

Film

The Prince & Me

King Haraald

Filmography

Acting (114)

Movies (80)

The Souvenir: Part II

2021

as Narrator Patrick's Musical

6.5

Surviving Christmas with the Relatives

2018

as Uncle John

5.1

Effie Gray

2014

as Sir Charles Eastlake

The Double

as The Colonel

Unknown Heart

as Ludlow

A Long Way From Home

as Joseph

Cleanskin

as Scott Catesby

All at Sea

as George

W.E.

as King George V

The Kid

as Alan

Sherlock Holmes

as Sir Thomas Rotheram

Margaret

as Charles Powell

Bunny and the Bull

as Narrator

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

as Philip Evans

Mister Lonely

as The Pope

Celebration

as Richard

Goodbye Mr Snuggles

as Mr. Tomly

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

2005

as Mr. Salt

7.0

Colditz

2005

as Lt. Colonel Fordham

The Prince & Me

as King Haraald

Death on the Nile

as Colonel Race

Doctor Who: Shada

2003

as Professor Chronotis (voice)

Hideous Man

The Falklands Play

as Rt Hon Peter, 6th Baron Carrington KCMG MC (Foreign Secretary)

The Lost World

as Prof. Summerlee

Sexy Beast

as Harry

All Forgotten

as Old Vladimir (voice)

4.2

The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey

2001

as Self

6.0

Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw

as Self

The Mystic Masseur

as Mr. Stewart

The Golden Bowl

as Colonel Bob Assingham

Up at the Villa

as Sir Edgar Swift

Mickey Blue Eyes

as Philip Cromwell

The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'

as Self

Jinnah

as Mountbatten

Shadow Run

as Landon-Higgins

Anna Karenina

as Karenin

Never Ever

as Arthur Trevane

The Old Curiosity Shop

1995

as Single Gentleman

6.3

Doomsday Gun

1994

as Sir James Whittington

5.5

An Audience with Ken Dodd

1994

as Self

7.7

The Remains of the Day

as Lord Darlington

Heart of Darkness

as Gosse

Patriot Games

as Lord William Holmes

Hostage

as Hugo Paynter

As You Like It

as Jaques

A Question of Attribution

as Sir Anthony Blunt

Afraid of the Dark

as Frank

The Russia House

as Ned

The Mighty Quinn

as Thomas Elgin

Boys in the Island

as George Farrell

Farewell to the King

1989

as Col. Ferguson

6.0

These Foolish Things

1989

as Nick Verney

She's Been Away

1989

as Hugh Ambrose

5.5

Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun

1988

as Mansfield Markham

3.0

Comrades

1987

as William Norfolk, Governor of New South Wales

High Season

as Patrick

Absolute Beginners

as Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen

5.4

The Whistle Blower

1986

as Lord

5.8

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

1984

as Lord Charles Esker

A Passage to India

as Richard Fielding

Runners

as Tom Lindsay

Anna Pavlova

as Victor d'André

Country

as Philip Carlion

No Longer Alone

as Alan Richards

Performance

as Chas

Isadora

as Gordon Craig

Duffy

as Stefane Calvert

Sympathy for the Devil

1968

as Self (uncredited)

6.3

Thoroughly Modern Millie

as Jimmy Smith

Arabella

as Giorgio

The Chase

as Jason 'Jake' Rogers

7.1

King Rat

1965

as Peter Marlowe

7.1

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

as Richard Mays

Tamahine

as Oliver

The Servant

as Tony

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

1962

as Willy Gunthorpe - Ranley School Runner (uncredited)

One Wild Oat

as Porter

The Miniver Story

as Toby Miniver

The Magnet

as Johnny Brent

Television (34)

London Spy

as James

1864

as Lord Palmerton

Utopia

as The Assistant

The Great Train Robbery

2013

as Henry Brooke, Home Secretary

6.6

Death in Paradise

2011

as Martin Goodman QC (voice) (uncredited)

Downton Abbey

as Lord Aysgarth

Red Riding

Merlin

as King Rodor

Lewis

Colditz

as Lt. Colonel Fordham

6.1

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004

as Colonel Arthur Bantry

New Tricks

Cambridge Spies

as Lord Halifax

Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale

as Jonas Collin

Waking the Dead

as Dr Bruno Rivelli

The Lost World

as Professor Summerlee

7.5

Kings in Grass Castles

1998

as Longman

10.0

Midsomer Murders

1997

as Sir Michael Fielding

Trial & Retribution

Gulliver's Travels

as Dr. Bates

The Choir

as Hugh Cavendish

The Dwelling Place

1994

as Lord Fischel

6.0

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

1993

as Self

Chillers

as Skipperton

A Perfect Hero

as Angus Meikle

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Colonel Race

The Play on One

as Nick Verney

Anna Pavlova

as Victor Dandré(as Dzheims Foks)

Wogan

as Self

Nancy Astor

as Waldorf Astor

An Audience with...

as Self

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self

Play for Today

The Verdict Is Yours

as Council for the Prosecution